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'''"Hot" charts'''{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Since October 20, 2012, ''Billboard''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "hot" charts use the same methodology to measure sales, streaming activity, and airplay on all monitored radio stations as used for the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.|name=hot}}

*[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]

*[[Christian Songs|Hot Christian Songs]]

*[[Hot Country Songs]]

*[[Hot Dance/Electronic Songs]]

*[[Hot GospelDance/Pop Songs]]

*[[DanceHot ClubGospel Songs]]

*[[Hot Latin Songs]]

*[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]

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'''Defunct charts'''

*Best Sellers in Stores

*[[Dance Club Songs]]

*Most Played by Jockeys

*Most Played in Jukeboxes

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'''Airplay only charts'''

*[[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]

*[[Adult TopPop 40Airplay]] (Adult PopTop Songs40)

*[[Christian Airplay]]{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Prior to December 7, 2013, the Christian Songs chart was an airplay-only chart. Since then, Hot Christian Songs uses the Hot 100 methodology and the original Christian Songs was rebranded as Christian Airplay, measuring airplay from only Christian music radio stations.}}

*[[Country Airplay]]{{efn|group=upper-alpha|''Billboard'' uses the names Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay interchangably for the only existing country music chart between January 20, 1990 and October 20, 2012, at which point the chart tracked only radio airplay. The Hot Country Songs name was also used before January 20, 1990 for the same chart. On October 20, 2012, Hot Country Songs was reformulated to include digital sales, streaming, and airplay from all radio formats, while the existing airplay-only format was transferred to the Country Airplay name. From October 20, 2012 onward, both charts may be used per consensus.}}

*[[Latin Airplay]] {{small|(entries after October 20, 2012)}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Prior to October 20, 2012, the Latin Songs chart was an airplay-only chart. Since then, Hot Latin Songs uses the Hot 100 methodology and the original Latin Songs was rebranded as Latin Airplay, measuring airplay from Spanish-language radio stations. From October 20, 2012 onward, both charts may be used.}}

*[[MainstreamPop Top 40Airplay]] (PopMainstream SongsTop 40)

*[[R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay]] {{small|(entries after October 20, 2012)}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Prior to October 20, 2012, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay served as the airplay component to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart; therefore, for entries before that date, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay should be added only if a song did not chart on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.}}

*[[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic]]

*Rock Airplay

*[[Smooth Jazz SongsAirplay]]

'''Other charts'''

*[[Billboard Global 200|''Billboard'' Global 200]]

*[[Dance Club Songs]]

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*[[Digital Song Sales]]

*[[HotRadio 100 AirplaySongs (chart)|Radio Songs)]] (Hot 100 Airplay)

*[[Streaming Songs]]

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!scope="row"| If a song '''has''' charted on [[Hot Latin Songs]] '''or''' [[Latin Airplay]] but '''not''' any other ''Billboard'' genre charts listed on "Applicable US charts" you may add any of the following{{efn|group=upper-alpha|''Billboard'' defines "Latin music" as any music sung predominately in Spanish. Thus any Spanish-language song is eligible to rank on the Hot Latin Songs chart regardless of genre. Although the Latin Pop, Tropical, Regional Mexican, and Latin Rhythm are subcharts of the Latin Songs/Airplay chart, [[Wikipedia talk:Record charts/Archive 16#Proposal on usage the Billboard Latin charts|per consensus]], they representare thetreated differentas musicaldistinct stylesgenres of Latin music.|name=Latin}} →

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*[[Billboard Latin pop charts|Hot Latin Pop Songs / Latin Pop Airplay]]

*[[Billboard regional Mexican charts|Hot Regional Mexican Songs / Regional Mexican Airplay]]

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*[[LatinBillboard tropical charts|Hot Tropical Songs / Tropical Airplay]]

*[[Billboard Latin rhythm charts|Hot Latin Rhythm Songs / Latin Rhythm Airplay]]

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*[[Adult Alternative SongsAirplay]] (Triple A)

*[[Alternative Airplay]] (Modern Rock)

*Hot Alternative Songs

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!scope="row"| If an album '''has''' charted on<br />''[[TopBillboard R&B/Hip-Hop200|''Billboard'' Albums200]]'' you may '''not''' add any of the following →

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*[[Top Album Sales]]

*[[Top Streaming Albums]]

| Both Top Album Sales and Top Streaming Albums are [https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/billboard-top-streaming-albums-chart-launch-bad-bunny-number-1-1235451997/ component charts] of the ''Billboard'' 200

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*Top R&B Albums

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| ''Billboard'' in October 2012 [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474704/taylor-swift-rihanna-psy-buoyed-by-billboard-chart-changes launched the R&B Songs chart] and in January 2013, [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1510640/new-danceelectronic-songs-chart-launches-with-william-britney-at-no-1 launched the R&B Albums chart] as [[Wikipedia:Record_charts#Dependent_.28.22component.22.29_charts|distillations]] of the main Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts. The separate R&B song and album charts rank the top 25 songs or albums, but exclude rap titles. Effectively they are a subset of the main chart.

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*[[Latin Pop Albums]] {{small|(entries after July 10, 1993)}}